Postpartum mood disorder are the mental states of a mother after the birth of her child. This is caused by the enormous physiological and psychological stress as well as the hormonal fluctuations. Distinctions are made between three degrees of postpartum mood depression:

Postpartum Mood disorder (commonly referred to as Baby Blues)

Postpartum depression

Postpartum psychosis

Within the first 10 days after birth, about 50% of women experience a mood disorder, lasting between 3 days and 1 week. While for most women, this disorder lasts only a few days, for some it can last much longer, and can still lead to a prolonged depression.This is normally referred to as postpartum depression (also: puerperal depression), and in the severe form as postpartum psychosis.

Postpartum mood disorderAn enormous physical burdens at birth as well as the altered hormone balance in the postnatal phase are the main biological causes for the postpartum depression. In addition, there are numerous psychosocial and psychological causes (for example, doubts as to whether the woman has grown to the role of the mother), which can lead to serious depression.

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